Recent stories:
• Economic problems in southern Vermont - lack of jobs, etc.
• Opposition to Justice Center in Bellows Falls.
• Opposition to gas plant in Vernon.
• Opposition to wind power plant.
Gee, can there be a connection here?
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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On Sunday, Jan. 28 - a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the creators of The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz will bring the 85-minute documentary, released last month, to the Latchis for a screening and discussion. The film features former neo-Nazi Tony McAleer and depicts, according to a media release, his "journey from a troubled teen drawn into white supremacist ideology to a man trying to make amends for his hate-filled past." McAleer, the film's subject,
Thanks for an excellent profile, and thanks to Bill McKibben for his powerful thought leadership and inspiring activism on this most important of issues. I'm active on this issue in part today because of McKibben's original New Yorker articles, which made an indelible impression. We are all in his debt.
On Saturday, March 25, at 7 p.m., the UMass Percussion Ensemble returns to the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) to perform in the Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery. Admission is free for BMAC members and youth 18 and under, and $5 for all others. Purchase tickets at brattleboromuseum.org, at the door, or call 802-257-0124, ext. 101. The ensemble, made up of graduate and undergraduate percussion students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will play works for a...
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